Unpublished work, an artificial chemistry. The short molecules at the top are being replicated by proximity to the 21 enzymes below. Each enzyme catalyses one of the reactions needed.
https://github.com/timhutton/linear-enzymes
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The representation is extremely hard to understand; what molecules are these? Is it a molecular dynamics simulation?
@rastinza It's an artificial chemistry, so they don't correspond to any real-world molecules. Each moving square is an abstract atom with some properties - in this case just an integer. And the physics isn't supposed to be realistic. The aim is to understand what properties a system must have in order to evolve complex life.
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Damn, this is extremely complicated!
What are the premises and parameters?
What is the metrics that you use to determine if that system can evolve complex life?
@rastinza There's an entire field of Artificial Life devoted to the questions of how to evolve complex life on computer and how to measure it. The papers linked on my profile might be a place to start reading but I certainly don't have the answers.